Teaching a new dog old tricks?

被引:10
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作者
Wigley, DB [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Sir William Dunn Sch Pathol, Oxford OX1 3RE, England
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D O I
10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00056-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The recently determined crystal structures of fragments of the human and vaccinia virus type is topoisomerases reveal unexpected similarity with the lambda family of site-specific recombinases. The conservation of structure suggests a common mechanism, indicating that topoisomerase activity may be the consequence of uncoupling DNA strand cleavage/religation from synapsis.
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页码:543 / 548
页数:6
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